I had an Email this morning from my electricity supplier, informing me that my Bill for January will be late due to an imminent increase of VAT in the Canary Islands,  anyone else heard anything about it?

Just looking to budget for the coming year, and have been quoted a huge increase for the non-resident tax this year. It works out to be somewhere in the region of 60% more than last year. That seems very extreme for a one-year jump. I hasn't heard anything about a huge hike, though perhaps I have not been looking in the right places. 

Anyone else having this issue? Is there a reason for it? I'd love any insights anyone has to offer!

Radio Sintonia:

Fuerteventura requires the State and the regional government to cover the extra costs of water desalination on the island.

[font=Roboto, sans-serif][size=small][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Plenary Session [color=#fe040e]of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura has approved today, Fr

Radio Sintonia:

Fuerteventura is one of the islands that has increased its agricultural extension in the last 10 years.

[color=#111111][font=Roboto, sans-serif][size=small][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Association of Farmers and Ranchers of the Canary Islands (Asaga Canarias Asaja)
shows its concern and alert of the decline experienced in the crops o

This relates to Spanish/Canarian pensions - not UK pensions paid to Ex Pat Residents.

Radio Sintonia:

Pensions increase by 98 euros on average in the Canary Islands.

[color=#111111][size=small][font=Roboto, sans-serif][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]As transferred by the Government Delegation in the Canary Islands, the average retirement pensio

Radio Sintonia:

Cases of scabies increase in Fuerteventura.

Carolina Domínguez, dermatologist at the Parque Hospital alerted today in the microphones of Radio Sintonía of the increase in cases of scabies in Fuerteventura.

Domínguez explained that more and more people are coming to consultation for this pathology. "We are surprised at all the cases we are having. It is becoming almost a silent pandemic because of the stigmatization of the disease, always associated with poverty or lac

Radio Sintonia:

A Primera Hora, an interview with Aurora Jiménez, a technician from Cáritas Diocesana in the Canary Islands, who points out that in Puerto del Rosario there are currently 20 people sleeping on the street in Puerto del Rosario. It is mostly seen in men over the age of 40.

On the other hand, the technician indicates that there are 30 families who need the support of the non-governmental organization to make ends meet because with their salaries they cannot meet all the mont

Radio Sintonia:

Traffic, domestic and work-related accidents grow by 13.66% in Fuerteventura in 2023.

The Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), attached to the public company Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias and dependent on the Ministry of Health, recorded 17,547 incidents in Fuerteventura in 2023. Most of them, 14,709, were related to cases of illness, while the rest, which reached 2,838, were classified as accidents, both traffic, domestic and work, as well